Iconic views of the Brooklyn Bridge could soon be marred by a 1920s carousel set to be installed next to it, local activists charged last night.

At a Brooklyn Community Board 2 meeting, Jane Walentas, wife of DUMBO developer David Walentas, talked about her plans to donate the exquisite carousel, which she purchased and restored, to the Empire-State Fulton Ferry Park.

Many DUMBO residents are already upset because they believe the bridge’s view corridors will be severely blocked by a high-rise housing project being built by David Walentas on nearby Dock Street.

(David and Jane Walentas)

Empire State-Fulton Ferry Park saw part of its green space shut down in January as construction began to make room for the carousel, a process that officials said could take another year. The entire park will eventually be absorbed into the 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park project now being built.

Some board members and activists questioned why no public input was solicited before the state-city Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. in December agreed to accept the carousel and put it in the park.

The carousel was never addressed in the park’s project plan and there was no public review either.

Regina Myer, president of the BBPDC, said the ride is “a generous gift” and that its addition to the park is greatly supported by state Parks Commissioner Carol Ash, Gov. Paterson and the city.

Because the ride was a gift and a park amenity, a public review wasn’t required, officials said.

Perhaps in a slip of tongue, Jane Walentas revealed that even the nonprofit Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy was dead set against adding the ride to the park – that is, until the politically connected Ash decided to back the plan.

Walentas is also donating $3.45 million for landscaping and other improvements in the park that include lighting to allow the tourist hotspot to remain open well past its current dusk closing time, eventually extending the hours to 1 a.m.

Walentas will operate the ride through a nonprofit “Friends of Jane’s Carousel,” and revenues from the ride will go towards maintaining it.